Determination of discriminatory power of genetic markers used for genotyping giardia duodenalis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-771

  Siripattanapipong, Suradej ^a   Leelayoova, Saovanee ^b   Mungthin, Mathirut ^b   Thompson, Rc Andrew ^c   Boontanom, Parima ^b   Saksirisamphant, Wilai ^d   Tan Ariya, Peerapan ^a  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Discriminatory power; Genetic diversity; Giardia duodenalis; Multilocus typing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054913809     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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